----- Original Message ----- From: "David Shochat" <shoc...@spamcop.net> To: <pan-users@nongnu.org> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Re: compile ?
> Travis wrote: >> Can I download it to the desktop? > Yes, you can download it wherever you like (that you have write access to). >> Would that be pan-0.133.tar.bz2 or pan-0.133.tar.gz? >> > Either one. The .bz2 should be slightly smaller, so I generally go with > that. >> How do I untar it? >> > First I'll assume that you did download the tarball to the Desktop. Now > cd to the place where you want to unpack it. This too can be anywhere > you like, that you have write-access to. For example, say you created a > directory under your home directory named "build". Then you'd "cd to it" > i.e., you would type, in the terminal window: > > cd ~/build > > Now if you chose the .bz2 option, your next command would be: > > tar -xvjf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2 > > If you chose the .gz option, it would be, instead: > > tar -xvzf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2 > > This will create the directory pan-0.133 (and lots of stuff under that). >> If by "running the various commands" you mean things like "apt-get" >> from a terminal , that is what I have been doing. >> What is "cd into it"? >> > Well, "it" in my example would be ~/build/pan-0.133 (or > $HOME/build/pan-0.133, same thing) so that would mean typing the > following at the shell prompt (in the terminal): > > cd ~/build/pan-0.133 > > cd means "change directory". So when you "cd to" a directory, you are > making it your current working directory. I have the pan .tar.gz on the Desktop but when I do the command "tar -xvzf ~/Desktop/pan-0.133.tar.bz2" from the tra...@ubuntu:~/Build$ in Terminal I get "Cannot open: No such file or directory" etc, etc. -- Travis in Shoreline Washington _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
